My Latest 3 Excuses...

Well hello again!  I apologize for the 2 week furlough...I got distracted by a few big events the past couple of weeks!  Here are my top 3 excuses (pretty good ones, I think) that have kept me distracted from posting lately:

1) Babies.  My BFF Marie and her husband Hank had their sweet little baby girl, Addison Rose, on January 24th at 1:15 AM!  I have lots of pictures on my camera, but I'm too lazy to upload them to my computer right now, so instead I will direct you to her fantastic blog so you can see pictures of this precious baby girl!  She is perfect and will either a) be besties with our baby if it's a girl or b) marry our baby if it's a boy.  Either way, it's been decided already! :)

2) Winter Weather.  Ice Storm 2010 struck with a vengeance.  Or maybe the ice wasn't NEARLY as bad as the weathermen kept predicting (shocking, I know), but Sam and I sure enjoyed our snow days!  We took Zoey for a walk in the snow as it was coming down pretty heavy on Friday, and it was so beautiful!  Here are a few pics from my iPhone that are easier to post on my blog right now than uploading the HUGE icicle pictures from my camera.  (Reiterating my laziness, once again.)

Sam & Zoey playing in the snow.  If you look closely, you can see that Z's eyes are squeezed shut

because we made her look right into the blowing snow for the picture.  Poor little puppy.

My Snow Angel (beautiful, I know)

3) Chick-Fil-A.  I have literally been to Chick-Fil-A four times in the past week, once just for the waffle fries.  I realize this isn't a healthy habit to get into, but my body just NEEDS Chick-Fil-A right now.  The baby keeps asking for it.  In fact, I was on the phone while I drove home for lunch a few days ago, and before I even realized what I was doing I was pulling into the Chick-Fil-A parking lot.  I had EVERY intention of going home for lunch, but the baby autopiloted me to Chick-Fil-A instead.  Who can resist these???

YUMMY!!!!

Okay, so this post is getting a little long.  I'll leave you with a final picture of my latest belly picture...taken approximately 27 minutes ago for this very purpose.  I'm 17 weeks today, so you can definitely see where the bump is STARTING to form.  I still feel very much like I just have a gut though...I'm ready for this baby bump to actually look like a baby bump and not a bowlful of jelly! :)

17 Weeks

I'll try to post some more letters in the next few days from the earlier days of this pregnancy, but right now my stomach is growling and I'm seriously contemplating another Chick-Fil-A run.  Just looking at those waffle fries is making my mouth water.  Mmmm....